After two games on the road, William Monroe is heading back home. They will take on the Spotswood Trailblazers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
William Monroe is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against Turner Ashby on Thursday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, Spotswood came tearing into Thursday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Gobblers 6-5.
Ben Yancey looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Nate Leslie and Camden Blank did most of the damage at the plate: Leslie scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Blank scored a run while going 1-for-3.
William Monroe's loss dropped their record down to 13-6. As for Spotswood, they pushed their record up to 15-4 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
William Monroe might still be hurting after the 16-0 defeat they got from Spotswood when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Spotswood's Carter Lenz, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Now that William Monroe knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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